The Press., 1887-02-10
COvEnTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY,

COVENTRY.
 SOUTH COVENTRY.
 A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Bnsiness Manager | of Coventry Local Register. At the meeting to organize the An dover Creamery O., Thomas N. Porter was chosen director to care for the inter- ests of this town.
 Mrs. Samuel Ledoyt sent us rose last Saturday, the petals of which were as green as those of growing red clover. The rose blossomed out of doors, the only protection being pen of boards covered with sash. Other roses in this enclosure are doing well, some being budded. The common sense lecture on the manner of educating children, by Charles F. Merrill of Willimantic, was addressed to common sense people, and was highly appreciated. We regret that there was not larger audience, but the weather was forbidding.
 -Mrs. Thomas Wood gIves an enter. tainment to her Sunday school class this evening.
 .-Mfs. Annie Smith is very sick. She has been failing for some weeks, and now Rev. J. Hollineshead, Norwich, gave lecture, Summer Rambles through the British Isles, at the M. E. church. last evening.
 Fellowship meeting held at the Con 1 gregational church yesterday, was we'll at- tended and very interesting. | Dance at POtter's hotel tomorrow evening.
 | A unanimous call to become pastor of the Congregational church has been ex- tended to Rev. Abraham J. Quick. ! -Mouday, Mir. Henry Armstrong went | &1xo o&A lxNRI xsn N,1Ak bert D. Armstrong of Portland, who died suddenly at MiddIeiown, Saturday. Ed Worthen has given his notice, and expects soon to remove to Canada. -t'The wild animal which is prowling through Coventry and Mansfeld is evident 1 ly lynx, catamount, or panther. The public ought to turn out, and hunt it down, before some person is seriously injured. !" So writes one of our largest land holders. The North Manchester Herald gives considerable space to an account of the marriage at St. Mary's church of Wm. w. Lathrop, formerly of South Coventry, and Miss Hattie M. West, Rev. J. H. LaRoche officiating. The church was finely decked ed with evergreen knotted with white satin ribbon, the contracting parties dur ing the ceremony having place under 6 huge floral bell. The altar was most tastefully rooted with green canopy matched with straw and supported by pill lars of evergreen from the front corners of the altar. The design was carefully work ed out and the effect was very pleasing. To the familiar music of the wedding march the bride walked up the broad aisle l on the arm of her uncle, MT. G. M. Glea- son. She wore dress of white ottoman silk with square neck and full train. The veil was of silk tulle, ornamented with or ahge blossoms. She carried boquet of white rose-buds. The bridesmaids wore cream albatross cloth, ornamented with knots of white satin ribbon. The bridal party was met at the chancel by the groom and groomsman, Walter B. Cheney. Af- ter the wedding there was short recep- tion at the brides home at which only the relatives and intimate friends of the con- tracting parties were present. They left on the evening train for weeks wedding trip. .-
 NORTH COVENTRY.
 The school in the west district closed last Friday.
 The enumeration returns from the several districts of the town show that there were, on the first Monday of Janu- ary last, 360 persons residents of Coventry between the ages of and 16, divided among the districts as follows: No. I, 122 No. 2. 33; No. 8, 4s; No. (, 23 ; No. 5, IS :. No. 6, IS; No. [, 21 No. 6, 25; No. g, 29; No. 10, 25. Three dis tricts gain since last year, Eve districts lose 33, and has the same, . net loss of